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Westpac Property Tours
Beef Australia 2018
See it,
1 taste it, love it
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PROPERTY TOURS
Monday
03 Kaiuroo (Platinum - Light Aircraft)
04 Mt Elsa (Full Day)
05 Stockmanship & Why it Matters (Half Day)
06 Barfield Station (Full Day)
Tuesday
07 Bald Hills (Full Day)
08 Broadmeadows (Half Day)
Wednesday
09 Belmont Research Station (Full Day)
10 Aintree (Half Day)
Thursday
11 Berrigurra (Full Day)
12 Central Queensland Livestock Exchange
(CQLX) (Half Day)
Friday
13 Foleyvale Station (Full Day)
14 Rowanlea (Platinum - Helicopter)
Kaiuroo
Monday, May 7
J
ennifer McCamley and Tom Emmery of
Kaiuroo, are proud to be part of Beef Australia
2018 and look forward to welcoming guests as
part of the Westpac Property Tour program.
Kaiuroo is a highly productive stud and organic
commercial beef breeding, irrigation and
drylands cropping enterprise in the heart of the
fertile Fitzroy river basin. Kaiuroo
Visitors will see first-hand Kaiuroo’s unique and
diverse mixed farming operation, large-scale
irrigation systems and registered Grey and Red
Brahman herd. What’s more, guests will gain an
insight into the cutting-edge breeding program
employed at Kaiuroo.
Flight Time: approx 40 minutes
An amalgamation of five neighboring properties
nestled next to the MacKenzie River, visitors will
be treated to a comprehensive introduction to in a MLA Donor Company funded project. The
operations led by Jennifer McCamley and Tom project aims to measure phenotypes for male
Emmery of Ag Resource Management. and female reproductive performance as a
part of the Brahman Breedplan analysis from a
Jennifer and Tom will showcase their innovative seedstock herd.
approach, which combines the best practical
procedures with the very latest science in David Johnston and Matt Wolcott from AGBU will
Brahman seedstock. They will present how be presenting the MDC project objectives, early
profitability in their commercial herd has defined outcomes, and the latest developments in the
their objectives, and reveal how they have used genetic evaluation for tropical beef breeds on the
a genotyping program to describe the genetic tour. Paul Williams from TBTS will demonstrate
merits of animals in the seedstock. ovarian scanning as well as presenting key
updates from the Brahman BIN project.
The Kaiuroo registered herd is currently involved
Key Information
Key Information
Platinum Tour (Full Day) Transport via Light Aircraft Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $750 8.15am Coach Transfer for a 9.00am Departure from Airport
3
Mt Elsa
Mt Elsa
Monday, May 7
T
he Mt Elsa property tour will be particularly
appealing to anyone interested in northern
beef production. Mt Elsa is owned and
operated by Steven & Claire Farmer.
Totaling 3885 Ha located in the Yaamba district,
Mt Elsa consists of sandy loam river country,
pondage pastures, irrigation and forest
country. Mt Elsa was originally part of the Lake Mt Elsa
Learmonth aggregation, which has a long history
in the northern beef industry.
There will be some expert speakers onsite
including Ben Hayes, from UQ, who will be
discussing optimising genetics through
objective selection and genomics. Additionally,
Ross Newman will be providing key information Bus trip: approx 70 mins - 65km
on the value of irrigated pastures and the
benefits of Wagyu production, including the and the use of BREEDPLAN is a big part of
use of breeding and backgrounding first-cross the SC Droughtmaster focus with all progeny
Wagyu cattle through innovation and technology DNA fingerprinted for maternal and paternal
transfer. parentage.
Mt Elsa is EU accredited and consists of 250 stud Steve and Claire have successfully completed
Droughtmaster females. These females are several of the Grazing BMP workshops, Breeding
supported by a commercial Droughtmaster herd Edge, Nutrition and Grazing Land Management.
comprised of 400 cows that are mated to Wagyu They were also involved in the Smart Futures
bulls for F1 production. Fund Next Gen Beef Breeding Strategies Project,
the Northern Genomics Project, and supplied
Cows are multi-sire mated and rotationally bulls for the MLA-funded Repronomics and MDC-
grazed between three paddocks. Data recording funded Northern BIN projects.
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 7:00am for a 7:30am Departure
4
Stockmanship &
Why It Matters
Monday, May 7
P
resented by Boyd Holden & Dr. Ron
Gill, proudly brought to you by Savage,
Barker & Backhouse & Arrowquip
This half day tour will take attendees to the SBB
Demonstration Yards located at Nerimbera, just
outside of Rockhampton. The tour will showcase
the demonstration facility, including a fully
operational set of stockyards with the latest Demonstration Yards
low-stress stock handling products by Arrow
Farmquip.
The Speakers
On this tour participants will hear from Boyd
Holden who is a livestock handling and animal
welfare consultant based on the Northern
Rivers of NSW. His expertise in training people Bus trip: approx. 25 minutes - 15km
in livestock handling and developing problem
solving systems, have been rolled out across the DEXA TECHNOLOGY
Live Export Industry, the Meat Processing Sector
Also included in the half day program is a
and are internationally recognised for setting
brief presentation on Dual Energy X-Ray
the standards globally.
Absorptiometry (DEXA) by TEYS Australia. DEXA
Participants will also witness practical is being used to measure the amount of fat,
demonstrations from Dr. Ron Gill who has been bone and meat in a carcase. DEXA will provide
a Professor and Extension livestock specialist beef producers with better feedback about
for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension for 33 years. Gill the quality of their meat and make farming
provides leadership in Extension programming processes more efficient.
related to animal well-being, stockmanship and
low-stress livestock handling.
Key Information
Key Information
Half Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea Included
Price: $90 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
5
Barfield Station
Monday, May 7
T
his full-day tour will take participants to
Banana where they will be able to take a
first-hand look at Barfield Station, owned
and operated by Robert and Melinee Leather.
At Barfield Station, the Leathers run a Brahman
based herd with 500 organic breeders. The
Leathers are constantly looking for new ways
to improve the quality of their herd. Currently,
they are expanding their herd to include some
Belmont Red, Limousin, Senepol and Brangus
bloodlines to lift the marbling in their meat.
Robert and Melinee use a parallel production
system to run their business in conjunction Barfield Station
with their other property Four Mile. Four Mile is a
non-organic property which runs 1000 breeders
and the progeny from there are transported to Bus Trip: Approx 2 hrs - 160km
Barfield Station to be finished for the EU and
PCAS markets. years. Other areas of the property have been
seeded with legumes and grasses to improve
Since buying Barfield Station the Leathers have feed quality and ground cover.
planted 600 acres of leucaena to strengthen the
production system and make the property more This tour will offer participants an insight into
resilient through dry times. the operations of a certified Organic, PCAS,
EU and Grazing BMP property. Attendees can
Visitors will see various stages of leucaena also look forward to a delicious lunch in the
plantings as Barfield is planned to have 10 000 Leather’s picturesque front gardens.
acres of leucaena established over the next ten
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
6
Bald Hills
Tuesday, May 8
B
ald Hills is a unique coastal property located
in the Marlborough region, owned and Bald Hills
operated by Ray and Leah Vella.
With 20 kilometres of coastal frontage, and Styx
River and Herbert Creek as its boundary, Bald
Hills is unlike your average Central Queensland
property. The property is comprised of softwood
scrub and brigalow country with a high carrying
capacity along with guaranteed rainfall.
On this full day tour, Ray and Leah will be showing
visitors some of the beef genetics and pasture
management practices Ray learned on the
Australian Nuffield Scholarship sponsored by
Meat and Livestock Australia in 2012.
A key area of the Bald Hills operation is the
Bus Trip: Approx 2 hrs - 150km
rotational grazing of pastures incorporating a
feedlot system which enables the property to no dwellings and they arrived with 1000 head of
remain drought free all year round. cattle.
Ray and Leah Vella will also be showcasing their Now, Bald Hills is 7200 hectares with 46
Artificial Insemination program. The Vellas paddocks and additional watering points, two
believe it is the most economic and effective new cattle yards and four major laneway points
method to ensure they are getting optimal with approximately 3000 head of EU and MSA
genetic traits in their commercial and stud accredited Brahman cross composite cattle.
herds. In the future, Ray and Leah hope to increase Bald
In 2000, the Vella family purchased Bald Hills Hills’ carrying capacity while maintaining and
as a bare paddock with two sets of yards, eight improving their soil.
paddocks,
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
7
Broadmeadows
Tuesday, May 8
B
roadmeadows is a 984 hectare property
which was one of the first areas in Central
Queensland to be used for grazing cattle.
Broadmeadows is located 13km East of
Rockhampton on the floodplain of Nankin Creek
before it meets the Fitzroy River estuary and has
a history of sustaining cattle and wildlife on its
well-watered marshes.
Broadmeadows is a viable stud and commercial Broadmeadows
cattle business that co-exists with thousands
of waterbirds, including swans and brolgas that
regularly nest in the wetland. The landholders
are applying several strategies to successfully
reduce soil erosion on vulnerable slopes in the
catchment. Bus Trip: approx 20 minutes - 15km
Grazing System and Strategies Pangola grass Digitaria eriantha has been
introduced to other parts of the property
Grazing at Broadmeadows occurs on the
and is also a key cattle food, along with black
floodplain, much of which is occupied by a
spear grass Heteropogon contortus. Some
swamp or ‘marsh’, as well as on low slopes
Olive Hymenachne amplexicaulis occurs but is
draining to the floodplain. Water couch Paspalum
controlled by heavy grazing by cattle at the right
distichum is a mainstay of the enterprise
stage of the dry season. Prime weight gain is
because the wide shallow marsh where it grows
usually achieved by October each year. Stocking
remains wet or damp for most of the year,
rate is generally around one beast to 1.5 ha, or
especially if there has been winter rain.
higher in the marsh pastures for short periods.
Key Information
Key Information
Half Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea Included
Price: $90 Boarding from 7:00am for a 7:30 Departure
8
Belmont Research Station
Wednesday, May 9
B elmont Research Station has been the
premier research station for the north
Australian beef industry for over 60 years.
The 3260-hectare property is located 37km north
of Rockhampton on the Fitzroy River. It provides
the ideal environment for research into livestock
production in the tropics and sub-tropics of
Belmont Research
northern Australia. Station
Technological solutions are CQUniversity’s
Precision Livestock Management team’s
specialty. Technologies in use at Belmont include
walk-over-weighing systems connected to auto-
drafters and vision recognition technology.
Telemetry is used to monitor water troughs, GPS
collars to track animal behaviour, virtual fencing,
accelerometers, proximity loggers, on-site data Bus Trip: approx. 40 mins - 38km
processing, and low-band, mobile and satellite
communications infrastructure. The Westpac Beef Australia 2018 Tour participants
will enjoy demonstrations of the cutting-edge
The systems are being tested and enhanced with research currently being conducted at Belmont,
a view to integrating a wide range of systems including the latest in automated livestock
into simple, practical solutions that can drive monitoring systems, sensor technologies
improved herd management and profitability. and farm management apps. Additionally,
Data from these technologies is analysed as part participants will tour the neighbouring Beef
of research activities with insights presented Breeding Services laboratory and see first-hand
via CQUniversity’s DataMuster app – a fast, their artificial reproduction capabilities.
simple and accurate tool for monitoring herd
performance right down to the individual animal.
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
9
Aintree
Wednesday, May 9
A
intree is a coastal property located
approximately 50km south of Rockhampton.
Father-daughter duo, Joe and Sharon Comiskey,
run a successful commercial operation, where
they grow and use fodder solutions (barley
sprout) as part of their alternative feedlotting
procedures.
Aintree
The Comiskeys are focused on expanding their
barley sprout production process, which they
have found to be very successful.
In addition to the feedlot cattle, Joe and Sharon
use Aintree to run Wagyu and Brangus breeders.
The property boasts 205 acres under pivot
irrigation where they grow a mixture of forage, Bus trip: approx 50 mins - 48km
rhodes and lucerne.
While the Comiskey’s have been using this
During the Beef Australia 2018, Westpac Property practice on a small scale for several years, they
Tour to Aintree, visitors can expect to see the have recently expanded their fodder growing
concept of self-sufficient farming showcased facilities.
in best practice. This will be a definite highlight
of this tour, as fodder solutions continue to While visiting Aintree, participants will be given
emerge as an alternate feeding option in times a tour of the property, plus a look at the facilities
of drought. used to produce the sprouts.
Key Information
Key Information
Half Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea Included
Price: $90 Boarding from 7:00am for a 7:30am Departure
10Berrigurra
Thursday, May 10
B
errigurra is a 9,300 hectare property
owned by Queensland Agriculture
Training College (QATC).
Berrigurra is used by the Emerald Agriculture
College to provide students with the opportunity
to gain experience and develop their skills in
cattle production and stock handling.
Berrigurra
Located 20km north-west of Blackwater, visitors
can expect to see a large variety of digital
technology practices in use on the tour. There
will be demonstrations of some telemetry
technology such as the animal recording and
cattle performance recording systems as well as
management of water infrastructure.
Other technology practices that will be
showcased will be the use of drones to muster Bus Trip: approx. 2hrs 15 minutes - 210km
and monitor the livestock, and the Aglive and
Maia Grazing software programs. opportunities for the introduction of technology
This tour will give visitors the chance to see into their own enterprises, to boost their own
a model of how a beef enterprise embraced productivity.
and adopted current commercial and pre-
commercial digital technologies to improve the They will also continue to use Berrigurra as a
management of the property infrastructure. training facility to provide vocational students
and CQUniversity Bachelor of Agriculture
In the next five years they are hoping to develop
students with the opportunity to undertake their
a world best practice beef production enterprise
training on a leading tech-based enterprise.
that provides industry with a showcase
production-scale enterprise upon which they can
see first-hand the
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
11Central Queensland
Livestock Exchange (CQLX)
Thursday, May 10
C
QLX is part of the RLX portfolio which is a
network of modern and innovative livestock
selling facilities that currently handles over
754,000 cattle and 2,350,000 sheep annually.
The Regional Livestock Exchanges (RLX) portfolio
represents total turnover in excess of $1
billion per annum. This half day tour will give
participants an insight into the operations and
management of a multi-million-dollar sale yard
with several key stakeholders being represented CQLX
– buyers, vendors, transports, agents.
The key areas of focus on the tour to CQLX
include:
Work Place Health and Safety Operational Efficiencies
Low Stress Livestock Handling Automated Weighing
Bus Trip: Approx - 15 minutes - 13km
Online Induction Animal Welfare
Safe Work Practices Real Time Market Data by Australian’s in a diverse range of infrastructure
Modern Infrastructure assets. The investment in the RLX portfolio began
Livestock Marketing in 2008 and was the first major investment in
Interfaced sales inclusive of Australian agricultural infrastructure which,
livestreaming and online bidding
Pre-sale listings
today, exceeds $110 million.
The AAM Investment Group, agricultural Commitment to environmental sustainability, ,
investment specialists, operate and manage innovative technology and high levels of animal
CQLX and the broader RLX portfolio on behalf of welfare are at the forefront of CQLX’s thinking,
Palisade Investment Partners Limited (PIPL). and contribute positively to their long-term value
goals.
PIPL invest superannuation funds contributed
Key Information
Key Information
Half Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning tea Included
Price: $90 Boarding from 7:00am for a 7:30 Departure
12Foleyvale Station
Friday, May 11
F
oleyvale Station, located north of
Duaringa, is one of six properties owned
by the Woorabinda Pastoral Company
which focuses on educating and encouraging
indigenous youth to apply for jobs in the
agriculture industry.
Foleyvale Station is comprised of 16,187
hectares, 5,000 of which are cropping
country consisting of a variety of crops Foleyvale Station
including wheat, corn, chickpea, sorghum
and mungbean.
On the remaining acreage, indigenous staff
are employed to assist with mustering and Bus Trip: approx. 1hr 45 minutes - 140km
processing of the 6000 Droughtmaster/
Brahman cross cattle. Visitors to Foleyvale
will also have the opportunity to tour the Their aim is to have sustainable pastures,
cropping country, visit the grain storage better hydration, larger grain storage,
facilities and the sheep & pig enclosures. and to create a food bowl that will supply
indigenous communities both locally and
In the future the managers hope to improve further afield.
their pasture and livestock practices
at Foleyvale Station to make it more
sustainable.
Key Information
Full Day Tour Transport via Bus Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $140 Boarding from 6:30am for a 7:00am Departure
13Rowanlea Cattle Station
Friday, May 11
R
owanlea Cattle Station is a 6885-hectare
property situated 40km southwest of
Calliope and is run as a Partnership of
Bruce, Helen, Andrew and Kate Chapman.
“Rowanlea” is a mixture of creek flats and
undulating hills which run into steep ranges
where the Chapmans usually maintain around
2500 head of cattle. The herd consists of Santa
Gertrudis and Brahman breeders including
a Santa Gertrudis stud which is intensively
performance recorded.
The last three generations of Chapmans have Rowanlea Cattle Station
been proactively involved with research and
development programs. Currently there is
involvement in the MLA funded Repronomics and
Northern BIN Steer projects. Flight Time: Approx. 40 minutes
To aid the efficient running of the operation, the
processing, and practical management, the
family have developed what was predominately
Chapmans aim to meet their breeding objectives
Black Spear grass country into high production
of producing cattle on a coastal environment
grass/legume pasture. They continue to make
to meet the EU and Grasslands markets. The
improvements to aid pasture spelling by
steer and cull heifer progeny are transferred
rotational grazing, dividing paddocks including
to their property at Jambin to be finished on
laneway systems and water improvements. This
predominately leucaena pastures.
is all serviced by modern yard facilities to handle
The Platinum tour will give participants the
procedures such as intensive data collection and
opportunity to fly to “Rowanlea” via helicopter
breeding soundness evaluations.
and enjoy a day of touring where they will look at
With a balance of improved pasture development several areas of the Chapmans very successful
and management, animal data recording and operation.
Key Information
Key Information
Platinum Tour (Full Day) Transport via Helicopter Morning Tea & Lunch Included
Price: $1250 8.15am Coach Transfer for a 9.00am Departure from Airport
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